Ipomoea cairica |
Ipomoea sloteri |
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cairo morning glory, mile-a-minute vine |
cardinal climber |
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Habit | Perennials. | Annuals. |
Stems | usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
twining. |
Leaf | blades orbiculate to ovate, 30–100 × 30–100 mm overall, palmatisect, lobes 5 (proximal 2 sometimes 2-lobed), lance-elliptic, lanceolate, or lance-ovate, (5–)10–25(–70) × (3–)8–15(–30) mm, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous. |
blades deltate-ovate to oblong-ovate, 10–90 × 5–45 mm overall, palmati-pinnate, base cordate to ± truncate, lobes 7–11+, lanceolate, lance-linear, or linear, proximal ones sometimes again lobed, terminal lobe broadest, surfaces glabrous. |
Peduncles | glabrous; pedicels straight, 10–25 mm. |
glabrous. |
Flowers | sepals oblong to ovate, 4–6.5(–9) mm, outers slightly shorter than inners, chartaceous, margins scarious, apex obtuse to acute; corolla lavender-blue or white, throat purplish-red, funnelform, 45–60 mm. |
diurnal; sepals elliptic to oblong, 4–8 mm, ± chartaceous, apex obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous; corolla red, salverform, 40–50 mm. |
2n | = 30. |
= 58. |
Ipomoea cairica |
Ipomoea sloteri |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Oct. | Flowering Jun–Oct. |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. |
Elevation | -20–200 m. (-100–700 ft.) | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; CA; FL; LA; Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Oaxaca), West Indies, South America]
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FL; MI; NY; TX |
Discussion | According to J. E. Eckenwalder (1986), the name Ipomoea × multifida Rafinesque (as species) refers to diploid hybrid plants resulting from crosses between I. coccinea and I. quamoclit; I. sloteri refers to allotetraploid plants derived from diploid hybrids between I. coccinea and I. quamoclit. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Convolvulus cairicus | |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 287. (1826) | Macfarlane ex E. T. Reichert: Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 270(2): 785. (1919) |
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